Property Description

This is a chance to own a piece of classic vintage Portugal at a bargain price. While it's a definite renovation job, it is secure and habitable... after a clean and some bathroom upgrading.

This house is loaded with character. In its original layout, there are 3 bedrooms, dining, kitchen and (rough) bathroom on the first floor and two large rooms on the ground level, with huge doors opening to the street. Below ground (the house is built on a slope), there is a large wine cellar. At the rear of the main house there is a cottage with sound walls but collapsed roof. This also has basement rooms. The two houses open onto a small courtyard garden with roses and a pergola with established vines.

The main house has great potential. Both levels have high ceilings and the floor and roof timbers appear to be in good condition. The roof is intact (therefore building permission is not mandatory) and there are no signs of water entry. The old kitchen has the original fireplace and chimney, a great feature, and there is also access to the roof space, which might mean both easy insulation or another room. The rooms on the first floor are small but all have large windows with a great outlook over the village's gardens and church. The ground floor is easily convertible into a large habitable space, with excellent featured doors, huge windows and a very high ceiling.

Across the road from the house is 500m2 of land. There are three terraced areas for planting 5 olives trees, one huge oak and enough pine for a lifetime firewood supply.

The house is situated 5 mins from Castanheira de Pera with banks, schools and cafes and an huge playground pool complex which attracts crowds in the summer. The house is in a small village, on a quiet thoroughfare, with houses on three sides. Because the house is perched very high it retains a sense of space and privacy. The village is quiet and pretty, surrounded by agriculture and pine and eucalypt forest.